Sash-holding device.



0. M. EDWARDS.

SASH HOLDING DEVICE.

APPLIUATIQH FILED AUG. 11, 1904.

1,096,813. Patented May 12,1914.

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sAsH-HOLDING DEVIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Application filed August 11, 1904. Serial No. 220,372.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that- I, OLIVER M. EDWARDS, a citizen of the United States, residin at Syracuse, county of Onondaga, and tate of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Sash-Holding Device, .of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to windows and particularly to meansfor holding the sash or sashes snugly in their guideways, and it consists in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings'in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a front elevation of a Window sash and portions of a window frame, partly broken away, embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal view of one of the sash holdlng devices. Fig. 3 is a sectional View on line 3--3, Fig. 3. Fig. 3b is a face view of the support for the rollers seen in Fig. 3. Fig. 3" is a cross-sectional View on line C-CFig. 3b. Fig. l is a cross-sectional view of one of the sash holding devices.

This sash holding device may be used in connection with sash balancing means, as a spring roller, and serves to prevent violent or sudden movement of the sash, and also to hold the sash snugly in its guideway in order to exclude air drafts, dust, etc.

A designates the window frame having vertical guideways or grooves as a for the sash B; the frame extending above the sash B when the sash is in .closed position in order to receive the sash when raised.

D designates a preferable form of my sash holdingdevice for firmly holding the sash in the guide way a, there being in this form of my invention four sash holding devices located at the corners of the window. These sash holding devices may be carried by the window sash, or by the frame, and are here shown as carried by the frame, in the upper end of Fig. 2, and by the window sash, in the lower portion of Fig. 2.

Each sash holding device includes a suitable casing, a support movable in the casing substantially rectilinearly, rollers carried by the support and projecting beyond one of the sides of the casing into position to engage the window frame when the casing is supported by the window sash and to engage the window sash when the sash holder` is carried by the window frame, and springs for permitting yielding action of the support.

E is the casing which is here shown as in the form of a box bent up out of sheet metal, the casing preferably being in the form of a channel including three sides, one of the sides constituting a bottom or base e and the other Sides e', eL being bent up from the base into positions opposite to each other and in substantially right angular relation to the base and constituting upstanding portions, Fig. 3, which are of equal height. The support is also formed of sheet metal and is movable between the opposing sides e, .e2 along'guides, as studs F, F', extending between said opposing sides e', e2 and spaced apart from the bottom of base e.

E designates the support which is formed of sheet metal and is in the form of a channel having a bottom formed with a lengthwise slot f and opposing sides f', f2, said support having ears f3 at its ends which are formed with openings or eyes which receive the studs F, F.

el, il designate the rollers mounted respectively on small shafts or arbors d2, d3 sarried by the sides f', f2the rollers d, d extending through the slotted bottom of the support E.

F2, F 3 are springs tending to yieldingly hold portions of the rollers al, d projected through a slot in the side e2 of the casing E, these springs encircling the studs F, F and being interposed between the side e of the casing and the ears at the opposite ends of the support E.

The rollers d, cl are located close together and the springs F2, Fa are located outside of the rollers at opposite ends of the roller support E and hence owing to the arrangement of the springs rectilinear movement of the roller support is'permitted and also independent movement of opposite Vends of the support.

In operation, these yielding sash holding devices are set into recesses in the sash or frame and snugly hold the sashes in their guideways and prevent sudden or violent movement of the sashes, either by gravity or by spring rollers or weights intended to open or close the windows, and inuse maybe located at the four corners of the window or at two corners as at the two upper corners in connection with otherv sash holding devices located at the lower corners of the ,window Iand constructed to release the window when operated so that it can be raised or moved by the spring roller. This sash holding device is particularly' advantageous iny that it is economical 1n construc-4 therefor, the support being mounted between the upstanding portions of the casing, and springs arranged between such support and one of the upstanding portions, which are compressible to permit' the supportl and 'rotative part to yieldingly hold thev sash, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A sash holding device comprising ya casing having a base and two upstandng portions, studs arranged substantially at right angles to the upstanding portions and connecting them together, a rotative part and a support therefor movably mounted on the studs, and springs on the studs between the support and one of the upstanding portions, which are compressible lengthwise of the studs, substantially as and for the pur.- pose specified.

3. A. sash holding device comprising a casing having a base and *two upstanding portions, a support adapted to receive a rotative part and having a base and two upstanding portions arranged at substantially right angles to the upstanding portions of the casing, a rotative part mcvably mounted in the support and springs arranged between the casing and support which are compres sible upon the movement of the rotative part toward one of the upstanding portions of the casing, substantially as and for the'pur pose set forth.

4. A sash holding device comprising a casing having a base and two upstanding portions, a .support adapted to receive a rotative part and be receivedV and movably held between such upstanding portions, a ro tative'part mounted in said support, studs adapted to be secured to such casing, to receive vand movably hold the support therein between its upstanding portions, and springs arranged to hold thesupport pressed toward one of such upstanding portions, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5,A A sash holding device comprising a casing lhaving a base and two upstanding portions of substantially equal height, a support adapted to receive a rotative part and be received and movably held between such upstanding portions, a rotative part Inountedm said support, studs adapted to be secured to the upstanding portions of such.

casing and to hold them against spreading apart and also to hold the support inposition, and springs arranged on such studs being and two upstanding portions of substan.

tially equal height, a support adapted to receive a rotative part and having a base and two 'upstandin'g portions of substantially equal height, a rotative part movably mounted between the upstanding portions of such support and springs arranged between one of the upstanding portions of the casing and the support, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. A sash holding device comprising a casing having a base and two upstanding portions of substantially equal height, one of which portions is cut away to receive a rotative part, a support adapted to receive a rotative part and be movably held between such upstanding portions, a rotative part mounted in said support, studs adapted to be secured to such casing and hold the frotative part in the cut away portion of one upstan ing portion of the casing, and springs on said studs between the support and the other upstanding portion of such casing, substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. A sash holding device comprising a casing having a base and two upstandingpor-l tions, one of which portions is cut away to receive a plurality of rotative parts, a support adapted to receive a plurality of rotative parts, studs adapted to be secured to the upstanding portions of the casing and hold the support with its rotative parts protruding from the cut away portion of vone of such upstanding portions, and springs arranged,

between the support and the other upstanding portion, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

OLIVER M. EDWARDS. Witnesses:

JAMES W. RICE, VIOLA L. LUTHER. 

